"Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip." -Eckhart Tolle

Day 272: Finishing up work for my show in January - this is my nature rainbow chakra - made with photos I've taken over the years

Day 273: OK, I'll tell you a secret... I didn't REALLY take this picture today... I was going through some old shots, and messing around with filters, and I thought this one looked really gorgeous in Black and White. So, no, the lilies are not blooming in winter New Mexico, at least not outside in the pond, only in my mind :)

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." -Anais Nin

Day 274:

“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

Day 275: First 'Tree Yantra' of 2014

The sky was so beautiful this evening (as it is most everyday), as the sun began to set on the first day of the new year. The light, illuminated blue was cut cross by pale pink and darker purple clouds. I stood in the front yard and took sky portraits through the branches of our lovely tree. This is the mandala that came of it...

"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you." -Paramahansa Yogananda

"Lightening flashed dully inside the clouds on the horizon making them look as if they had fireflies of their own, monster fireflies the size of dinosaurs." -Stephen King

Day 280: Jesse...was a carpenter??

Saw this on a car today...

"I took this vo-tech class in high school, woodworking. I took a lot of vo-tech classes, because it was just big jerk-off, but this one time I had this teacher by the name of... Mr... Mr. Pike. I guess he was like a Marine or something before he got old. He was hard hearing. My project for his class was to make this wooden box. You know, like a small, just like a... like a box, you know, to put stuff in. So I wanted to get the thing done as fast as possible. I figured I could cut classes for the rest of the semester and he couldn't flunk me as long as I, you know, made the thing. So I finished it in a couple days. And it looked pretty lame, but it worked. You know, for putting in or whatnot. So when I showed it to Mr. Pike for my grade, he looked at it and said: "Is that the best you can do?" At first I thought to myself "Hell yeah, bitch. Now give me a D and shut up so I can go blaze one with my boys." I don't know. Maybe it was the way he said it, but... it was like he wasn't exactly saying it sucked. He was just asking me honestly, "Is that all you got?" And for some reason, I thought to myself: "Yeah, man, I can do better." So I started from scratch. I made another, then another. And by the end of the semester, by like box number five, I had built this thing. You should have seen it. It was insane. I mean, I built it out of Peruvian walnut with inlaid zebrawood. It was fitted with pegas, no screws. I sanded it for days, until it was smooth as glass. Then I rubbed all the wood with tung oil so it was rich and dark. It even smelled good. You know, you put nose in it and breathed in, it was... it was perfect." -Jesse Pinkman

Day 281: I tip my hat to you, sir!

"Live your life, do your work, then take your hat." -Henry David Thoreau

Day 282: Who knew sleeping could be so scary?

“She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.” ― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It

Day 283: In the midst of digitizing my India travel journal, and revisiting some of the thousands of photos from the trip... So here is my photo for today, from India, two years ago I'm working on seeing the opportunities as they arise, and stepping through the doorway to infinite possibilities - check out my new project here in my e-journal (click on 'India' in the categories section) I'm living vicariously through my journal - you can too :)

Day 284: Had a visitor in the shower with me today (and, no, I don't shower WITH my camera...I had to run out and get it...)

The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. ~Author Unknown

Day 285: So, I went to Comic Con with the secret goal of photographing the elusive Brony, though was unsuccessful. I thought I saw one when I was walking in, but wasn't sure. (Me: "Awesome! My Little Brony! Can I take your picture?" Guy in costume: "A Brony?" Sneers. "No. I'm Testosteroni from planet Man-tastic in the XY nebula." Me: "Oh." Awkward. So I didn't ask.) We did see the ladies from a local breastraunt (Bodhi's fave, so he had to get a photo!)

“Thus is the pony theory: Feed bronies hate->Bronies love you. Feed bronies love->Bronies love you. It is the polar opposite of the rest of the Internet. We changed a negative to a positive, and now are left with a good thing.”

-MasterMask (Ponychan)

Day 286: So honored to have the opportunity to work with the Amazing Samantha! What an awesome shoot this morning - can't wait to continue work on this Devotion yoga project...

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built.” ~ Rumi

Day 288: "There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know." -Lewis Carroll

Day 289: “I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” ― Jimi Hendrix

Day 290:

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." -Dalai Lama

Day 291: Preening Session

"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order..." -Eudora Welty

Day 292: Today's pic is what happens when you get two people together to do a shoot who have similar (sick?) senses of humor.

My friend Sarah dyed her hair in a rainbow of color. After so many people asking her "Does the carpet match the drapes?" we decided to do this shoot to answer the question. (With the help of a clown wig.)

"I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side." -Hunter S. Thompson